“How can System Simulation help you design Injection Systems for Alternative Fuels and CNG in record times” – a Webinar, May 20, 11AM Atlantic time (GMT-4.00).
Software to simulate fluid components and systems may be a useful tool to assist managers and engineers develop new solutions for reducing natural gas and other alternative fuel vehicle emissions, says LMS, an engineering innovation company. Applying it could assist OEMs and alternative fuel vehicle suppliers meet increasingly stringent government emissions standards and generate improved return on investment (ROI). LMS is presenting a webinar on the LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim, a physics-based simulation program for designing complete fluids systems (hydraulics or pneumatics), from the tank to the actuators up the fluid network.
LMS points to the obvious benefits of natural gas as a vehicle fuel — abundant supply, price stability, lower cost per unit compared with diesel, and cleaner burning, with 33% less NOx and 20% lower greenhouse gas emissions than equivalent diesel-fueled engines — advantages they say could be further exploited with the new software.
The software apparently allows engineers to simulate complete fuel systems from detailed component design (injectors, pressure regulator, compressor), to the analysis of the full injection system integration, including -
- Analysis of pressure pulsation and resonances for injection dispersion and noise issues,
- Design and validation of control strategies, and
- Analysis and optimization of new architectures.
Any kind of fluid component technology can be simulated, taking into account -
- Advanced fluid properties (real gas modeling)
- Local condensation and thermal effects
- The multi-physics of the actuators (full dynamic coupling from power electronics to hydraulics)
Webinar registration is available here.
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